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A thief took more than just a wallet from the unlocked car of a Deltona mother.

Inside a car on Wilburton Drive, a woman's wallet was taken and there are only three things in that wallet she cares about.

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The victim, Kristal Rosa, said that she knows she made a mistake and that she always locks the vehicle, but Sunday night, she forgot.

A thief got into the car and stole something far more valuable than money.

"You can have the wallet. If you need money, come back, I will give you some money, but just give me my cards," Rosa said.

Rosa is talking about SD cards. She had three of them in the wallet, containing thousands of pictures of her life: pictures of baby son Amaya and of her older daughter, and most importantly, pictures of her first-born son, Giovanni, who died in 2013 when he was just 4 months old.

Rosa has only two pictures of Giovanni that were saved to her phone. The rest of them, including those from his funeral, were on the stolen SD cards.

"It's really heartbreaking. You know, you spend so long capturing pictures of those special moments. Just for somebody to come by and take it," Rosa said. "I heard his feet. I heard him start to run."

WESH 2 News has learned several other vehicles in the neighborhood were rummaged through, including school district bus driver Leah Kulesa's car. She saw the thief in it.

The crook fled, mostly with change and a few bucks, but also with a wallet containing SD cards with precious memories.

"For a mom that lost a son, it means a lot. Even if you just drop off the wallet in my driveway, and those cards are there, I will be so grateful," Rosa said.

Residents in the neighborhood have been walking around to help Rosa search for the wallet in the event that the thief discarded it.